No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
ANDRE MAUROISLost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.
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The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
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If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
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